Buhari disowns #Istandwithbuhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has dissociated himself from the #Istandwithbuhari group. Thé President also asked the group to immediately stop claiming any allegiance to his administration.

According to a statement issued of Friday by the Special Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,  Garba Shehu, the President directed that the group should stop using his name and that of his wife to promote themselves and their activities.

It would be recalled that the #Istandwithbuhari group has attracted controversies lately with one of the promoters opting out of the group, claiming that the group had derailed from its original concept.

Aside this, Nigerians from different backgrounds had also queried their intentions,  saying they are opportunists out to derail the Buhari administration.

The Presidency statement reads in part: “The Presidency also demands that the persons behind the controversial  #Istandwithbuhari  group should stop using President Muhammadu Buhari’s name and that of his wife, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari to promote themselves and their activities.

“Among other reasons, we have found it necessary to distance the Presidency from the #Istandwithbuhari  group because its premature and ostentatious  celebration  of the present administration’s achievements is totally  inconsistent with President Buhari’s philosophy of service with humility.

“While the present  administration has indeed recorded significant successes in its priority areas of improving security across the nation, ending the Boko Haram insurgency, curbing official corruption and revamping Nigeria’s economy, President Buhari is well aware that his government still has a lot of national challenges to overcome.

“The President prefers to give his fullest attention to addressing those challenges without the unsolicited and unwelcome distraction of untimely praise-singing from groups with dubious and questionable motives”.

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